A Taste of Honey (1961)
Rita Tushingham: Jo [Josephine]
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Quotes
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Jo : I'm not sorry and I'm not glad.
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[Geoffrey gives Jo a pamplet which explains to new mothers how to look atfer a baby]
Geoffrey : Here. Read this. When the baby comes, you won't know one end of it from the other.
Jo : "Looking after baby". Isn't that nice? Third month: exercises, relaxation. Fourth month: constipation.
Geoffrey : Drink that and shut up.
Jo : I hate milk.
Geoffrey : Well, get it drunk.
Jo : Does it tell you how to feed babies, Geoffrey?
Geoffrey : Even *you* know that.
Jo : I know about *that* way - breast-feeding. I'm not having a little animal nibbling away at *me*. It's cannibalistic!
Geoffrey : Stop trying to be inhuman. It doesn't suit you.
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[Jo kicks at a dead bird on a gravestone]
Jo : Look at that. It's dead. A bit of love, a bit of lust, and there you are. We don't ask for life. We have it thrust upon us.